Device for assisting in transferring entries.



Patented Sept. I9, 1899. T. B. PASCHALL.

DEVICE FOR ASSISTINE IN TBANSFERBING ENTRIES (Application filed Feb. 10,1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Onnicn.

THOMAS BRANCH PASOI-IALL, OF SEARCY, ARKANSAS.

DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN TRANSFERRING ENTRIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,481, datedSeptember 19, 1899.

Application filed February 10,1899. Serial No. 705,189. (No modelh Toall whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS BRANCH PAS- CHALL, of Searcy, in the countyof White and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Deviceto Assist in Transferring Entries, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a device adapted to assist incopying figures or writing from the under side of a page of a book tothe upper side of said page or to the upper side of any page in the bookwithout turning the leaf upon which the matter to be transferred islocated.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of thecharacter mentioned that will be simple and economic, easily handled,and which will serve as a hand-rest when required.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts'in both figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the device, said device beingshown as applied to a book; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device inposition on a book, illustrating the manner in which a column of figureson the under side of the end portion of a leaf may be read and copiedupon the upper side of the same leaf or theuppermost face of any otherleaf.

The device consists of a table 10, that is se-' cured to supports 11.Said supports are placed parallel to each other, and their under edgesare inclined upwardly in direction of the right-hand side of said table.The left-hand end of each support 11. extends beyond the left-hand sideof the table, and the left-hand end of each support is inclined in anupwardly and outwardly direction, and said left-hand edges of thesupports are connected byacross-bar 12. A second cross-bar 13, inclinedin an opposite direction to the cross-bar 12, is also employed toconnect the supports, and the cross-bar 13 is to the right of thecross-bar 12. The two cross-bars are brought together at the lower edgesof the A mirror 15 is placed upon and supported I by the inner face ofthe cross-bar 12, and a second mirror 16 is supported by or rests upontheinner face of the cross-bar 13, the two mirrors being preferablyplaced at an angle of about ninety degrees with reference to each other.The table 10 is preferably placed flush with one of the supports 11,extending beyond the other support, and the left-hand cross-bar 12serves as a hand-rest. In fact, the entire chamber extension of thedevice may be utilized as a hand-rest by placing glass or a transparentpane 17 over the top portion of the chamber 14, extending from the upperportion of the left-hand cross-bar 12 to the left-hand edge of the table10.

It may here be remarked that the upper end of the cross-bar 13 engageswith the table quite close to its left-hand edge, so that the innermirror 16 when placed in position on the cross-bar 13 will reachtheleft-hand edge of said table.

In operation the leaves A of a book are separated and the leaf fromwhich the transfer is to be made is placed upon the table in such mannerthat the column of figures or the writing to be copied from the underside of the leaf will be brought over the inner mirror 16'of the chamber1 1, as shown in both figures, whereupon the matter to be copied ortransferred and contained upon said under face of the leaf resting uponthe table will be reflected by the mirror 16 and again reflected by themirror 15, from which mirror the refiected matter may be correctly read,as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 1, and readily copied on anydesired surface.

This device is particularly useful in transferring balances or figuresor names from one page of a book to another, being especially useful tobankers in transferring balances of deposits to a new page 011' adaily-balance book, saving time and risk of errors.

The device is as convenient and as timesaving as any of the patentfolding or creased leaf balance-books and allows two more columns offigures to be used on each double page than can be made available withthe creased-leaf balance-book, thus reducing the number of transfers inone year and rendering the cost of balance-books proportionately less.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A support or table adapted to be placed betweenthe leaves of a book, and having an extension at one edge thereofprovided with reflecting-surfaces arranged at angles to one another, thesaid reflecting-surfaces diverging upward, substantially as described.

2. A support or table adapted to receive a leaf of a book or a similarobject, and reflecting-surfaces carried by said support or table, one ofwhich extends outward and downward from an edge of the table, and theother is arranged at the outer side of and at a suitable angle to thefirst reflecting-surface, whereby matter on the under surface of abook-leaf or similar article placed on the support and brought over theinner of said reflecting-surfaces, will be so reflected as to be readilyviewed and copied, substantially as described.

3. A device to assist in transferring entries and for similar purposes,consisting of a table provided with inclined supports and adapted to beinserted between the leaves of a book, the said supports having theirwider ends projecting beyond the outer side of the tablereflecting-surfaces arranged at angles to one another and located in theprojecting portions of the supports, the said reflecting-surfaces beinglocated below the plane of the table, and diverging upward,substantially as described.

4. A device to assist in transferring entries and for similar purposesconsisting of a table,

transversely-extending supports for said table having their under edgesinclined the said supports having their wider ends extending beyond oneside of the table, reflectingsurfaces arranged at angles to one anotherand located in the said projecting portions of the supports, and atransparent covering for the said reflecting-sections of thetablesupport, whereby said sections may serve as a hand-rest,substantially as described.

5. A device to assist in transferring entries and for similarpurposes,consisting of a table, transverse supports to which said tableis connected, the said supports having their under edges inclined thewider end of each support extending beyond the side of the table, aninclined cross-bar connecting the projecting ends of the supports, asecond cross-bar inclined in an opposite direction to the first crossbarand also connecting the said supports, the said second cross-barengaging with its upper end the table close to the edge thereof, thesaid cross-bars meeting at the lower edge of the supports forming apocket or chamber approximately V-shaped in crosssection, mirrors on theinner faces of said cross-bars, the said mirrors being arrangedapproximately at an angle of ninety degrees with reference to eachother, and a transparent covering for the top of the V-shaped chamber,substantially as described.

6. A support or table adapted to receive a leaf of a book or a similarobject, an extension at one side of said table forming a chamher orpocket approximately V-shaped in cross section and having reflectinginner faces, the said reflecting-faces diverging upward, and atransparent covering for said chamber or pocket,substantially asdescribed.

7. A support or table adapted to be inserted between the leaves of abook, and an extension carried by said support or table and forming achamber or pocket located below the plane of the table, the inner facesof the sides of said chamber or pocket having reflecting-surfacesarranged at angles to one another, the said reflecting-surfaces meetingat the longitudinal center of said chamber or pocket and divergingupward, substantially as shown and described.

THOMAS BRANCH PASCHALL. lVitnesses:

DAN H. PILKINGTON,

ORAN D. WARD.

